Visualfy vs Hearview
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Visualfy
This app provides visual and sensory alerts for individuals who are deaf or have hearing loss. It recognizes important sounds and translates them into alerts on connected devices, enhancing safety and accessibility in homes and public spaces.
- Visual and vibration alerts for sounds
- Smart home device integration
- Public space notifications
- Customizable alert colors
- Support for Spanish and International Sign Language
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Visualfy is the app for deaf people, people with hearing loss and institutions committed to hearing accessibility. It gives access to our accessibility solutions for mobile phones, public spaces and homes. Visualfy’s technology recognizes relevant sounds such as a fire alarm, the beep warning for your turn at a hospital’s waiting room, a doorbell, an alarm clock or a baby crying, among others, and turns them into visual (colors) and sensory (vibration) alerts in any connected device, such as a smart bulb, a mobile phone or a smartband. More info at: www.visualfy.com - Visualfy Places. Receive emergency and informative accessible notifications by public spaces adapted by Visualfy, just by subscribing to the building services, also free of charge. Safer and always informed in hospitals, libraries, public attention offices and other public and private buildings. - Visualfy Home. If you have purchased our product for home accessibility, Visualfy Home, configure it easily from the app, customize the colors of the alerts, choose the devices where you want to receive them, invite your familiy to use it and much more. Visualfy’s information is fully adapted to Spanish Sign Language (LSE) and International Sign Language System (SSI), and you can be attended in sign language by our customer care service. We re not just an app but a social impact project, formed by deaf and hearing people, that works every day to create a world where not hearing does not stop anyone’s dreams. Wherever you go, stand up for your rights and demand accessibility!. Download Visualfy and be the change.
Hearview
This AI-powered app converts spoken words into text and translates conversations instantly. It provides live captions for videos and facilitates face-to-face communication by displaying typed messages. It's designed to enhance understanding in various communication scenarios.
- Real-time speech-to-text conversion
- Live translation for over 140 languages
- Automatic live captions for videos
- Face-to-face text communication mode
- Support for over 140 languages
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Hearview — Live Captions & Real-Time Translation Hearview is an AI-powered communication app that turns speech into clear, readable text and translates conversations in real time. Whether you are talking face to face, watching a video, attending a meeting, or communicating across languages, Hearview helps you understand spoken content more easily. ◉ Real-Time Speech-to-Text See speech converted into clear, readable text in real time. With support for more than 140 languages, Hearview makes everyday conversations easier to follow. ◉ Real-Time Translation Recognize speech in more than 140 languages and translate it into more than 90 languages in real time. Ideal for multilingual conversations, meetings, classes, travel, and everyday communication. ◉ Live Captions for Videos Watch videos on your phone with automatically generated live captions. Follow spoken content even when official captions are unavailable. ◉ Face-to-Face Communication Type a message and flip the text toward the person sitting across from you—without turning your phone around. This mode is useful in quiet environments or whenever text-based communication is easier. Hearview is designed for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as anyone who needs live captions, speech-to-text, real-time translation, or multilingual communication support. Download Hearview and make everyday communication clearer, easier, and more accessible. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://www.hearview.ai/policies/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hearview at 3.6 against Visualfy's 1.0. Hearview also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 1) and review sentiment (60% vs 50%). Visualfy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Hearview sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Visualfy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hearview holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hearview has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Visualfy's written reviews are positive against 60% of Hearview's.
Visualfy ships an update every 5 weeks, Hearview every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visualfy | Hearview |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.6 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Visualfy | Xiao-I Plus Inc. |
Customer experience
Visualfy
Hearview
In-app purchases
Visualfy
No in-app purchases
Hearview
- Standard Subscription$19.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription Fee$59.991 Month
- Time Package 200 Time$3.99
- Time Package 600 Time$9.99
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